The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-25 00:00:00

aws by which we are to be governed.—(Cheers.) Nothing :5 mere reasonable than this demand, and if you conduct your selves as you have hitherto done, and persevere in the same just and manly course which you have always pursued, there cannot exist the slightest doubt but that you will inevitably prevail in recovering your rights.—(Cheers.) But, Gentle emen, the Press of the two factions have both united to oppose your obtainment of the elective franchise—they say you ate cot fit to choose your Representatives—that you do not pos. seas sufficient intelligence for the exercise of the privilege of 'voting. That the people are poor, I believe you will admit; but that they are ignorant I utterly deny. The working men are not only wise in their own generation, but there are amongst them some of the cleverest, and, generally speaking, they are the cleverest men in Great Britain. The Editor of the Morning Chronicle tells you " that property alcne oughtto be represented," and that of course until you are in the pos session of property, you will not be entitled to vote for a re presentative. Thus, while you are deprived of the right to vote, on account of want of property, this disqualification is aggravated, and you are made the slaves of those who have - votes. lam one of those who think that life, liberty, and happiness..ought tg be chiefly studied by the representatives of the people, and 'that the comfort and safety of the people ought to be consulted in preference to accumulated property. --(Cheers.) ' I aid not the only person in England who enter tains such opinions; nor am I singular in those sentiments with reference to the statesmen and politicians of other coun tries. The Wisest men that as a body ever existed—the founders of the American Republic—stated the very same opinic;ns, and in . all of their essays and speeches promulgated precisely similar doctrines. Poverty, I contend, ought not to he a - barrier against the exercise of the elective fran chise ; 'and, at to the ignorance of the people, which it is alleged should prevail against their right of voting, I should like. to compare the working men "of England with the representatives in the House of Com mons. If the Parliament was composed of working men, they would not; have suspended the laws and the constitution sA the country, and have passed a Coercion Bill for Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) If the Parliament was composed of poeenvuenotey .weuld not have passed the new Poor eaaw Amendinent .Act ; but they would have first secured to the wen classes fair remunerative wages.—(Cheers )If we had a House pf Commens composed of working men, they would. `rot hive . voted ~0,0001. for the maintenince of the London ,police,„ and then send them to annoy and disturb the inhabitents of , the . remotest district in the kingdom.— (Cia era ) If we bad a House of Commons of working men thev would, not repeal the malt tax one day, and on the next day,„ret the bidding of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, tr ibilraw that repeal. They would not be long until a repeal of the Corn-laws should be effected by them ; but to enume rate all the doings, or _rather misdoings, of the reformed Parliament ,would ,take more time than would be worth con stoning uPori sea a subject, and I am sure the recital would be more disgusting th . en interesting to any of those who hear me. You ail- know that there was a war waged in France for a number of years That war was waged with the ostensille reetite of reforming the Government—but in reality to put down the liberty Of France. The money expended in the prosecution ofehat war etas a frightful addition to the national debt of thie 'Cc:untie - . which pro lec.'d additional burdens in tl-e shepe,Pf teXtniert. Thee burdens were not felt while the war arat . i..n e eirogr?is n but ashen its termination took piece, then follo‘ked alrieletfol'eataleene Of •seffering affliction on the part of clesSes, Who had, in reality, mainly con tributedXY taxation to the 'support of that war. If the people had then had a proper control over the revenue of the country, the national debt would not now have teen what. it is.— ( flear, beer.) What did the represen tative; of the people do at the close of the war? Why, in 1815, they enacted the Corn Bill to make b-eed dear, and took assay the property tax, becauee it was paid by the rich. These,-two evil measures were passed in one year.—( Hear, hear. )' The war was carried on f r the protection of pro perty—the national debt was incurred in the sup;:ort of eeta ldi Interns for the protection of property, and yet the Re pr sentativea of the people, to pay off the debt so incurred. enaet iteieiquitoua Corn Bill, which give; to the poor man a ICS's loaf in England than in any other country in the world. —( fleet; hear.) There are people,howevcr, who would nrw ,ask you to agitate for the repeal of the Corn- laws, inatead of troubling yourselves by dernandine Universal S.uf frege. The object of such parties can only be to draw your attcn•iore from that which you c...7. , ht now to clnsi...kr.—( Hear. hear.) Let the House of Commons enact a property tax, and repeal the Corn-laws at the same time. Let them take off the malt tax. the seep tax, and other equally grievous imposts. trelese tire House of Cen- mons will immediately do all these Peinge, let those who wish to divert your attention from the oojects of this nicotine, be disregarded. Go (as the Ameri cans Lave it) go a-bead for Univers:l Suffrage—( Hear.) The Sutfeeee.,e is the great cure for all y our political ille, and with cut - the Suffrage I will not prom'se you any cure.—( hear.) Go on with me in a peaceable and orderly menuer— ( LOud c'res of " We wiil, we wili")—and the Suffrage must eventually be yielded to you. You are indebted—largely in . eiebted—l might say almost wholly indebted, to the Birming liani mcn, for this movement —( Hear, hear.) There are here `from that town two Mem , ers who have, with me, beer deie'e everything they posaii.dv could for the lest six Sessions of Parliament to enforce ye:er deices ueon the Go vernment, and call their attenden to your wants, without seeing daring that time, 6 1 / 4 . which I n)w see be fore mr.-;:-(Hear, hear.) Tilt ....4overoment, however, have now taken the right course, for they have kept back your righti until they are at length forced to yield to your fair de mands.-(Hear, hear ) Nothing, to my mind. could be ibettL;r than the reply given by Mr. Attwood to Lord Mel bourne in November last, when be presented the peoples' petition frem Birmingham. Lord Melbourne said, " Bir mingham is not all Engl and—the El ruse of Commons is against vou." The reply of Mr. Attwood was, 66 We will mend the House of Commons for you." IF, therefore, you are deter enined on mending the House of Commons you must be uniteleitsd persevering—you must be true to each other, and to y alfi e ives. You must not be deluded by the promises of those who would sow dissension amongst you. Such people 'sous fain - draw your attention from the question before this meetin, by promising to assist you in carryirg the Factory question—in forwarding the Short Time Bill—in repealing the Poor-laws—in repealing the Corn-laws—and in fixing a minimum of wages for hand-loom weaver!. You must demand only the Suffrage—you must concentrate your whole power .upon one particular subject—that subject must be Universal Suffrage, - and I promiao you that in the end you will gain your point. It may take several sessions of Parliament to effect your object. I would not promise you the attainment in one or two, or perhaps three sessions ; but if true to. your selves you must succeed, infinitely sooner than if you permit ted. yourselves to be divided.—( Hear, hear ) Keep then, I exhort ,you once more, to your demand of Universal Suffrage, and So sure' as you do so the Suffrage, and the Suffrage only, shall satisfy the people of England. When the Report on the Poor-law' was' brought before a Committee of the [louse of Commons (and I was appointed a member of that Commit tee). after the matter had been discussed, I told the House of Commons, " Tnis will not do ; if you persevere in your present course, the next move the people will make will be to demand Universal Suffrage, and in that demand I will back them."' • You will, I am sure, excuse me if I decline saying more at the present moment, for I have suffered much in my health since I was made a Member of Parliament. Ever since the constituency of Oldham have thought fit to send me to Parliament as their representative, I have assiduously endea voured to lessen the burdens of the people—to afford them redress mall their grievances, to make labour equal to pro perry; and for these objects, fellow-conntrymen, are you as sembled here this day. It is said that the working men, if in power, would' be reckless of the preservation of property. This f deny ; the working man has a direct interest in the preserva tion of good order, and he is not so ignorant as to act con trary to his own interest, by doing that which might be calcu lated to endanger property, life, or limb.—(Hoar.) These, then, are the considerations which induce me to advocate the - system of Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, Vote by ,Ballot, and No. Property Qualification for Members of Parlia sment.-2-( Loud cheering. ) The Hon. ,Gentleman then retired from the front of the hustings -amid the loud and enthusiastic plaudits of the as sembled thousands. Mr. HODGETTS came forward for the purpose of moving the first resolution. The working men of Manchester, of Old ham, of Stockport, of Staley Bridge, of Ashton, and of Roch dale, had all assembled there—had come forth in the largest musses that had ever before met together in England, to de rnand Universal Suffrage. The last petition they ever met to sige—the last time they ever met together in numbers in South Lancashire—was on the blood-stained field of Peter locale when they were butchered and sabred by the military, And driven from the field.—(Great sensation was observed in the crowded multitude for some time.) They had met that edgy to adopt the Birmingham petition ; and the words of that petition he would observe began thus :—" We demand."— ( Loud cheers.) Haley selected by Ballot 658 representa tives from the present body of the people, such representatives could not by possibility be more deficient in knowledge than the present so-called representatives of the people.—(Hear, bear ) It was said that the working people, if admitted to power would destroy property. What, he would ask, was pro pertq ? Was there an atom of property which they did not themselvee create ? Were they, then, going to destroy the ; asork of their own hands? Would they toil from morning till mia ht in they plough, weaving and cloth, h and then d te . a i r it l and pro p pieces?hduc Would they labou ` ; gold ouses, an sow, len row tem to the e crops, ground? them under foot ? They were told and aftertOrds.traFnple ection existed to their obtaining the privileges that another' e b l se Con stitution would be in danger of being they sought—` 'lid not the working men of England tit What - destroyed. e t h at Constitution? The enemies of the foe hts support 0- - girl; afraid lest the Constitution should working people were (o ligarchy, and reatered once of the he wrested from the ha nds i people. —( [fear, and cheers.) More to the rightful o wners the principles of the Be moved " That this meet- r ig . the Working Men's As. adopts the nblished by People's Charter,' as p siciation of London." then presented him. o' Ashton , Ti:3Rev. Mr. _ S TENIENSON, • passe s away in cheering, he silt, awl( after several minutes had pes t 'lows : —The principles 'addressed the assembled thousands as out l • d to abide be. IT rest) V e of the People's Charter, which they we man tr e ss constrained Were simply the principles whii!i every e m that day, to admit indispensable. The ceteet ie n beforeth re knife and ever, respect to the People's Charter, Wn 3 a me• mere lova , : and I'4le - queetien—ceeld be resolved into - .. s i. e d what ei tce ee question. — (!leer , and (dicers ) If he tv is " • ' was' meant by Universal Suffroge. he would soy t h a t the hat working man should have a good ecat to his bad:, a good IP MS b e ad, and a goo l roof to hie house,—( Cheers- ) The labouring Iran should have such ante of wages as would e babic Yoko .to F-oeure all the necessary crjrn mews—ail ti.eblee , lngs turf.i;fe which a reasonable man could wish fear.—( Loud cheer ing,) Universal Suffrage would be parsed before these things , could;come to pass. In advocating the principles of Universal Suffrage he was not singular—hundreds of thousands of people also entertained similar opinions on the subject.—( Hear, hear, and cheering.) To obtain that Suffrage sass the grand object of their meeting there that day, and be would implore them not to permit their movements to be checked by promises of a repeal of the Poor-laws, or any other obnoxious acts.—( Hear, hear.) He was confident that the people of Lancashire—the people of Yorkshire—nay, the people of England, would not allow their movements in favour of the suffrage to be im peded by promises of a repeal of the Poor-laws, but they would persevere to the end, never ceasing in their exertions until they had reached the goal. With regard however, to the New Poor law, as it affected the people in his own neighbourhood, it was virtually repealed, the people of England had already,without the assistance of Parliament, repealed the law de facto, they would give the Parliament an opportunity of repeating it dejure, which if they did not do the people themselves would shortly accom plish it.—( A voice in the crowd here called out, "We have never had it in Oldham.") The Rev. Gentleman contended it had never been in operation in Ashton, and ten times ten thousand would not be able to enforce it. He would contend that they had it in their power to prevent the operation of the Poor-laws.—( Hear, hear.) He stood before them as a man who had well considered the matter, and he hesitated not to say that they, the working people, had it in their power not only to prevent the operation of that odious law, but also to enforce their other rights. There were many thousands of persons then before him, and every third man of them, he might say, had fire-arms of their own. Why, then, had they left their fire-arms at home? He barely alluded to this for the purpose of informing them that the boraughreeve and constables of Manchester had declared to the stewards of this national movement in Manchester that they placed entire con fidence in the proper conduct of the working classes of that town and those of its vicinity.—( Loud cheers.) The bo rougd.reeve and constables of Manchester had declared, that when the men of Manchester came together they needed no troops—every man was strong within himself— every man was armed—every man was a host of himself. If the boroughteeve and constables had not made the declaration which they had made, and if these parties had not given the command of the police to be vested in the hands of the mar shals of the day of that meeting. he would have come upon the ground armed, and would have brought 10,000 armed men with him to the meeting, and he would have moved an adjournment. He would have moved an adjournment of the meeting of the people of South Lancashire fur one month, and he would have advised every one in the mean time to use all their influence over their friends and fellow-workmen to flock towards the standard of the National Charter. If they supposed, from what he now expressed, that he was fond of war, they mistook his disposition—neither he nor one of his friends were fond of war—he was a man of peace ; and he endeavoured, by every means in his power, to pro mulgate the doctrines of peace—the doctrines of peace, good feeling, and good will among men ; but he would main tain that men, women, and children should be enabled to live. The people of England were not naturally a dissatisfied people. They had not come there to ask for any wayward dream; they had not come there to speculate; their cause and their case were already defined. They had nit come there to sprak, nor to hear others speak—this was the South Lancashire Demonstretion, and every man was, a speech— every name was virtually a harangue. And when such was the case, and the people had the feeling in their hearts that they ought to be free—they were in point of fact free. He bad much pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, who was much cheered, com menced with addressing them—Mr. Chairrnon, and Brother Radicals. He said—the man who could stand on that spot, with so splendid a spectacle before him, without feeling some degree of excitement, ought not to be an Irishman. Ha stood there as the representative of the town where Rayelty ucualy resided. It was not forty-eight hours since he had been ad -4lressiog the people of 13.iehton, undor the very nose of the Queen ilea-, hear.) When he looked roond him and Taw so tr. my thousands, he was satisfied that be hal not toiled in vein—that he h. , d not toiled for nothing. Those who had been scribbling against them had never dreamed of a morning Ike this. It was not because they were men of Wool that they had thus assembled, it was because they considered Universal Sufir. , ge as being the only means which could stop the flossing of blood. The whole discontent was occasioned by the o ppression of the working class When on former occasions he had tell them they had not tried the extent of tl.eir moral power, he had meant to convey to the people the areessi:y of their perseverance ; but now, in the meeting of that day, he did see moral power with a new glance—not physical ffece. But he knew they could cot -be easily turned, because they had suffered too long. There was, in feet, no Howe of Commons. The present Parliament Lad been returned in a commotion, in a kind of spit it of knight errantry. It was made a question between the Queen and the Duke of Cumberland. Now what would the labouring class do if they had a Parliament? Would they not make the taxation commensurate to the state of' the expenditure? It was no W O nd:.!T, in the present state of Pirliammt, that they had increased taxation 4,000 000/., and at thnt he would not have erumbled if the Aristocracy had taxed themselves, in stead of taxing the lab - uring class. If they h3d a Parliament of their own would they not be much better edified with hear irer Mr. Sesenson on his principles, than hearing the Bishop of E'xet , r, with his income of 15 0001. a year?—( Hear, hear ) There had been a great deal said about what bad been done, and what was to be done for his (Mr. O'Connor's) country, but nevertheless his country was still a beggar at the door o England—a drag upon them with the support of all their churchmen.—(l - I " .ar.) lie thanked them for the number of churehinen.—( Laughter.) They wanted now some of those brave men that had fought for and contended for their rights, though it were up to their knees in blood, for their religion mid for their God. Those men who stood forward to serve them were not free from peril, and it was the duty of the meeting to sec them out of the lion's den.—(Cries of " We will.") In order to accomplish their aims they must and would have the Irish people with them to a man ; and it was only because he dreaded that the honest endeavours of the English Radicals would circumvent him in his objects, that Mr. O'Connell had declared they were opposed to the demands or the reople of Ireland.—( Hear.) The people of Ireland, however, notwithstanding this, would be with them to a man. —( Loud cheers.) They were at present curbed by the same absolute and basely-used power which curbed the people of England—the Press—( Hear, hear)—and if there was any power more dangerous, and which more deserved condemna tion for urging forward the agitation which was now going on throughout the country, it was the Press, which withheld the voice of the people from their Sovereign's car. He had come 280 miles to attend this tweeting ; and as he had constituted the great meeting at Birmingham a tribunal—a Jury to try the Whigs—he would do the same with the asembly now before him—let then all present, who be lieved that during the last seven years the Whigs had been guilty of treason, hold up their hands.—( An unanimous show of hands was exhibited.) He came to this meeting also as the representative of the Democratic Association of the City of London—he was the representative, too, of the South of England, which was determined t. give its aid to the North, where they were to a man unanimous.—(Cheers ) Yes, and there was no on e who had heard the speeches which had been made to them who did not know that success was within their reach.—( Loud cheers.) He proudly rejoiced in being present at a meeting like this, composed of h undreds of thousands; and if he left this life to. morrow he would do so content, fur the loss of one man was now nothing, in a cause to promote which there was.now so general a determination.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He thought that they should not be diverted from their great object by the agitation of the question of the Corn-laws, or by any question of detail ; they should strenu ously exert themselves to achieve their great objeCt, and as be had commenced the battle with them, be would fight it to the death, if it were necessary.—(Loud cheering.) The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. FITTON (the delegate from Brighton) came forward to propose the next resolution. Had the Whigs carried into effect the professions they bad made before the Reform Bill became a subject of agitation, and when it was before the country and the Parliament, the necessity of this meet ing would not have occurred.—(Hear, hear, hear.) These Whigs had been now tried for these six years, and the result of all this was, that the very principle on which they had last come into office had been abandoned by them, and thus had destroyed even the hope against hope that the Administration would do that which the country wished and desired, what it expected, and that which it was understood they would do when they obtained office.—( Hear and cheers.) He said this much more in sorrow than in anger.—( Hear.) He had given every aid to the passing of the Reform Bill to the extent of his means and to the best of his power, and it was not without sincere regret that he had given up his confi dence in the present Administration. But he and they could not shut their eyes to the facts—and it was plain from these facts that the Government had not the power—or if they had the power, they had not the will—to give that relief to the coun try which alone could prevent the issue of those consequences which they would all deplore if they took place.—(Loud cheers.) Such, he was sure, were the opinions of those as sembled, and th e y h a d prove d i t to b e so b y th e immense num bers which composed the mass congregated about wouldhim.— (heHweaoru.l)d,thileerefore p r n b o c t e e d d e ' a s t i o n n t c h e e t. o meetingat b tn an tyblee resolution length, agreedand ti on ti would s In e a t sie n g th a e d h o potnsotubre Nationalwhich lie ato Petition, t to propose to them. It was —" That to at Birmingham, and that the persons present at this meeting ,Ai r .o pledge LLoDA t y h ( e m a sde,liveegs delegate sign from the ol same." dha u rn u i said that him great pleasure indeed to second th e reso lution pt b P oategdabvye his friend Mr. Fitton. It was not necessary for Uni versal al their Suffrage; attention bu but he ewyth.oaut would e s y t., te lied in lost by tv w n o o r t having d great en to 'Nils he considered the want of the Suffrage entailed s % o ta n t them. In the first place they had an enormous debt of eight hun dredwaai! i n a i 1 l b i a h rarla to pay, t and d er it r n e l setss a o f ie h satisfactorythey p on in s ion the tha it t '4 l; made as to this immense mass of pro- r ert the working classes of Gr ea t B r it a i n cou ld never know y 'r" com fo rt or peace. In the next place, they had an overgrown and luxurious Aria tocracy exercising their talents, their influence, their wealth, and their intelligence in opposition to the people and whilst things remained in their present state they would oppose to the utmost the interest and the happiness . hen*.) addition to this array a cy b e d a n o v ergrown Church Establishment I posed to them. —( Chce , s.) And in arldi , ion that a standing . .tr,ny, and a rely in pewit. vshi.di was endeavon r;e ener . , eidate the people by building prison workhouses._(A in the cro wd, " Basti l es. " ) Yes, B . istiles throughout the co untry, with the int, neon of intimidatin g th e ni rising & Ass or of rncu!di;,g their opinions to 0, 0 i, -h b pe the y wished ; end ler this pu pose they e ere establishing a Bourbon police all tiL _ o ,,, g h t ee e mpire, so dirt eve r y . put tion of, seirit existing a.ong the people should be cetingtesh a ed.—(Hoer, hear.) In fact, whilst Whigs also were Fl caching economy, they were at the same time filling the country with C o mmissioners , to whom they paid great salaries, the amount of which was drawn from the impoverished purses of the working classes.— ( Hear, and cheers.) The working classes then never would prosper until they acquired political power, and it was for that purpose he now claimed the assistance of this meeting in the great work, to which be trusted they were all devo ted. _ ( cheers.) Cheers.) Let them show that they were not asleep, but that their energies and their determination had been aroused for the purpose of obtaining their rights.—(Lond cheers.) Mr. DOWOLAS (of Birmingham) supported the resolution. There were three things which the present meeting indicated, and which he considered it to be his duty to touch upon. first of these indications was, that there was some ground and some real grounds for the complaints which were made as to the condition of the people.—( Hear, and cheers.) He, and those who acted with him, bad been accused of travelling up and down through the country agitating the people. There never had been a more false accusation than this—it was the country which was agitating them, instead of they agitating the country. He had been one of a deputation to Lord Melbourne in the autumn of last year, and when that Noble Lord had spoken of the agitation which existed in the coun try, he Mr. Douglas) told his Lordship o f the position in which they were placed. He had told him that if he be lieved that they who were at the head of the column of the people were those who drew the people on, this was a very false notion of the energy which a ctuated the column __(Hear, hear)—for that the fact was, that they who were at the head of the column were pushed on by the column itself—( Hear, hear)—and if they stood still they would be knocked down and trampled on by those who followed them.—( Hear, hear.) He had told them that they who beaded the colutnn had no alternative left them, and he begged of the meeting to recollect this—for he had re quested the attention of his Lordship to it—that it was easy to get rid of a handful agitators, but that he could never get rid . of an agitating people.---(Loud cheers.) One lesson, then, and it was a great one taught by this meeting, wag, that there were grounds for their complaints --(Hear.) The next was that the people themselves were convinced that such grounds of complaint existed, and th-1 they willingly, stre nuously, and honestly went along together with the determi nation to redress them. The next point was, and it was that which pointed itself out most strongly, and to be the most striking of the reasons which he had alleged—it was that not only was their evidence in the present meeting that grounds for complaint existed, and that the people believed they existed, but they also believed they have sufficient power to get rid of them.—( Loud continued cheering.) They must all, however, be assured thrt they had a great deal of uphill work before them, and that the conflict in which they were engag ed demanded no feather-bed soldier ship.—( Hear, hear.) They had enemies to fight who had, and who would long and earnestly maintain the combat, and for the very best reasons in the world, because they fought for good substantial things. —(Hear, heir.) Thus it was, then, that all the Aristocracy was against them—(for if there were any few exceptions, they but served to prove the general rule)—more than this, there was a great deal of truth in the observation which had been made, that a great portion of the middle classes was also against them ; for he feared that the 101 franchise had given to parties power, but had not established that feeling of generosity which it should in the bas en of its recipients.—( Loud cheers.) Again, all the clergy were again,t t'aem, whether in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and for the very best reasons, for they saw plainly that in the establishment of power in the hands of the people, something would be done to deprive them of their tithes.—( Hear.) The Whigs also were agairst them, and, therefore, the people to day had held up their hands in condemnation of them as their oppreesora for six years ; but they hal held . up their hands, aced would hold them up against the Tories as their oppres sors for seventy years. In fact, whether Whig or Tory, they were both bid—" A plague on both their houses."—( Loud cherri g ) Tnese were the opponents of the people; and no wc.uld ask what were the mater:als of the opposition against their opponents?—( Hear.) There was greater unity of pa puee—( Hear) —they had thorough confidence in their leaders.—( Loud cheering.) They had greater determination and simplicity of purpcse.—( Loud cheers.) They were all ready to lay aside the worship of the idols to which they had been le ng attached. His excellent friend Thomas Attwood, for iestence., who had been admirably conjoined with his co p,triot Fielden—had a hobby which he rode with very con siderable feroeity—the currency; and added it was one which seas ridden by all the men of Birmingham; brat Mr. Attwood had descended from it, or the people bad made him descend from it, and he must now ride another one. Even our excellent Chairman, I Fay, must also come down from his hobby—tire Poor-law—and he had done so. Nay, there was a greater victory which had been achievel. Toe people themselves had come down from tilde hobby — the Corn-law.—( Loud cheets.) They had come down from this, and were row determined to devote them selves to one great object—the object of the present mett'ng. He k new well the attempts made to drae the people away from their objects by Whig anti-Corn-law agita tion, and he had practical knowledge of it when he was last in Scotland—for there, in the town of Hamilton, it had been urged upon him and those that were with him, in order to promote the great objects of the people, that they must, in addressing the meeting which they attended, speak against the Corn-laws if they wished to gain the ear of the people.— ( Hear, hear.) But let the i.resent assemblage attend to the resolution recently passed at a meeting in Glasgow. That resolution was, that no steps should be taken egainst uny laws in detail, until the people obtained that Suffrage which would ' give them the power to amend the laws.—( Loud cheers.) their unity of design, then, in their simplicity of purpose— relying upon these—they had greater hopes of success than ever they bad before.—( Loud cheers.) He was not anxious to recal to the minds of those assembled the peculiar wrongs they had suffered ; but when he looked at the little farmer then opposite to him—one who had been cut by the swords of the yeomanry cavalry in 1819—it called to his .remembrance a black and direful day in their local history.—(Hear, hear.) He would be ashamed to commune with any man present who could forget that day—(Cheers)—he could not applaud them as Christians if they did not forgive the awful transaction which marked it out ; but they were not men if they did not hold it in their remembrance.—(Loud cheers.) It had been said by a friend of his to-day that they had made some little progress since the Reform Bill had passed ; but he ( Mr. D. ) would say that whateverprogress had been made, was not the result of the Reform Bill, but of the cause which forced the Reform Bill upon those who made it a page in the history of the country.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Douglas) remembered well when he, who he feared he might term their late friend, Mr. O'Connell, had seid that the Reform Bill had been carried by the people of Birmingham. This had been said by him in the House of Commons, and a laugh had been set up against the declaration by the Tories; but Mr. O'Connell said the people of Birmingham had gained the Bill—that they and the people of England conjoined had gained it.—( Cheers. ) Now, in reference to Mr. O'Connell, his (Mr. Doug las) friend, O'Connor, had stated to them that the Irish would be with them to a man—that in fact they would have all the Irish people acting with them but O'Connell. Now he ( Mr. Dou glas) could not think that the Irish people would be with them at present—he was sure their hearts were with them, and if the Whigs were out ofoffice, that Mr. O'Connell himself would be with them, and the time would come when he would— ( Hear)—and if it did, he was sure they would have more joy over one who repented, than over ninety-nine who had not swerved from the direct course.--( Loud cheering.) Let him then joi n th em , f or t h e purpose o f p r ocuring a redress o f the grievan ces o f t h e peop l e , an d f or th e pukose of g i v i n g a le gitimate power to the people, and they would receive him as a friend and a brother. --(Loud cheers.) He thought it neces sary that the meeting should now hear a little in reference to the deputation which was e:out to be sent to London. He felt sure they would appoint for that purpose good men and true —but those men must be supported, and obeyed too. Those forty-nine delegates must be placed in such a position that to their dictates there shall be no grumbling. They shall not, and should not—they must not travel out of the record of your petition, or you should cashier them —if they go for that which is not in the petition, you should do so—and if they fail to go for that which is in it , y ou should tak e th e same course.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) But they should and must obey them in all their decrees which are legal, and he felt assured that there would be nonb which would be illegal. Let not their motto be forgotten, " Peace, law, and order."—(Cheers.) Mr, COLLINS, of Birmingham, would say that the strongest argument as to the bad policy of the present Government was the fact that it kept the country in such a state of agita tion, as campelled tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands to assemble as they had to express their indignation, and their feelings that the present Government should be removed m i l the r e oß e a b e en l so — ngg t r h se e ta y t te head suffering people.give n t from office.—(Loud cheers.) A fair t r i a l h a d b e en given them—the people of Birmingham had as s embled in t heir t favour, eamn ah eaf fair d to trial, e;epromote before t o h r e result the r e l s v ll t l e n t r had s r s m ed b —( Hear, hear.) Thousands of people in Birmingham were to be found existing upon a very small pittance indeed. He had seen mothers with infants at their breasts who had been for 44 hours stithout food.—(Loud cries of " Shame.") He had visited 50 families in a day in Birmingham who had neither bed nor bedding, and whose heads in many instances wanted the means of procuring food for their families and themselves. This it was which bad induced the people of Birmingham again to come forward in favour of an extension of the suffrage, in order to enable the people themselves to redress the wrongs which they were suffering.—(Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. * Mr. WHEELER, of Manchester, rose to propose the third resolution. The resolution which he had to submit, was to propose the names of those individuals with whom they would entrust thei:• petition of the Convention of the country. Th e names which he had to take the sense of the meeting upon we re the Rev. Dr. F letcher, of Bur y ; the R, v. j. S. Stevens, of Ashton- u nder- Lyne ; Mr. Taylor, of R mhdale ; Mr. B. O'Brien, for the town of Manchester; the two Marshals of the day, Mr. Nightingale, Mr. Richards, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr, Wroe.—[The speaker put each name in succession, all of whom were responded to satisfactorily.] He trusted they had approved of the names, that they would sup port the delegates through all their precarious duty, and to protect them ; arel if the rascally Whigs dared to lay a hand on them, and the people submitted to the interference, they woeld deserve to live only what they were—fit objects to be Oavee. They most stand by and see their deleget‘ s safe out of the lion'a mouth. Fur his own part he would sul port the In and their cause as long as he had breath to Mr. \VnITTLE then came forward, and said be had addressee. them in worse times than they now enjoyed, on the suljeet.Q of Pa,limnentaty Reform and Universal Suffrage, and other matters cf a political nature. He had heard one name men 4ioned that day, a name which had become degraded among his countrymen. lie alluded to Daniel O'Conn:11; but al- THE SUN LONDON, T though he was surprised at the conduct of Mr. O'Connell, he was happy to say that he was taking the best possible course to serve them, for he was removing a serpent from their path. —( Hear.) He had made himself known in his sentiments, and he was doing all that be could to sacrifice the labouring class, as he had sacrificed the 40s. freeholders. He had be sides furnished one more useful lesson—he bad shown them that if they meant to do themselves a service they must rely on themselves. Mr. LAURIE said he had come from Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields, to offer them, in the names of all these places, the right hand of fellowship, and to express their readiness to abide by them in whatever they might deem expedient to do. They must wrest the power from oat of the hands of their oppressors.—(Great cheering.) They had not turned with out cause against the Aristocracy. They had honoured the Throne, and they had honoured the Aristocracy as long as they could—now they ought to act for the people. They had been told that the Aristocracy were determined to go against them, but it mattered little if the people were true to them selves, and if they would stand and be ready with their purses and their persons, as need might require. He was glad to see that the wholesome admonitions of Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Hunt had not been forgotten.—( Long and loud cheering.) He had confidence in the people that they would all do their duty. They must be well aware that they were fast ap proaching that crisis when Government must grant all their demands, or put them down. They had only sincerely to will it that they should be free, and they could be free. Mr. CLIFTON, from Halifax, had great pleasure to congra tulate them on the aspect of the meeting, and-also to inform them that it was intended to get up a grand demonstration of the same description in Yorkshire. He had heard that the aristocrats were against them, but he was a great democrat, and he did not despair of success. He could not avoid men tioning to them the conduct of one pretended Reformer, Mr. Baines, the Whig, the editor of the Leeds Mercury, one that had sprung from the labouring class. He might be, and he believed he was, a very good man in private life, but as a po litical man he had shown himself an arch traitor. He had told them in the columns of the Leeds Mercury, when the people were meeting in 1832, that it was their duty to do so to get the Whigs in power • but when the people met at Wakefield in 1836, to petition power; Universal Suffrage and the Repeal of the Poor-law, he told them they were doing wrong in assembling in such numbers, for it was estimated that they had then met to the number of 250,000. Such was the con duct of this arch traitor to the people. He could promise them the most cordial co .operation from the men of Halifax, in Yorkshire. Mr. PIERCE, of Birmingham, expressed his hearty concur rence in the proceedidgs of the day. The CHAIRMAN then put the following resolution, which was carried unanimously :—" That the following be appointed at this meeting to unite with the delegates that may be selected by other meetings in different parts of the kingdom to watch over the Charter and petition when they are presented to Parliament." It had for some time previous to this began to rain, and the rain increased to such a degree as to render it exceedingly difficult to hear, much more to report. The storm caused different trades to leave the ground, and indiscreetly they had their bands playing, so that with the rain falling and the sound of the many bands of music, much of that which was said was unavoidably lost. Mr. FLETCHER rose to move the fourth resolution, while it was pouring in torrents. " That this meeting suggests to those who may be appointed to conduct the presentation of the National Petition, that they intrust the presentation of the same to the House of Lords to the hands of Lord Stan hope." Mr. TAYLOR, of Rochdale, seconded thq resolution. Mr. DUFFY had great pleasure in addressing the meeting, which he had come purposely from London to do. After a few observations on the principle of the People's Charter, he expressed his astonishment at the line of conduct which Mr. O'Connell was pursuing, who, he said, had drawn himself away from the people of England, and was hugging the bloody and dastardly Whigs. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. NIGHTINGALE, in a neat speech, moved a vote of thanks to be passed to the authorities of Manchester, for the manner in which they had acted. Mr. RICHARDSON seconded the resolution. The resolution was agreed to, and loudly cheered. It was then moved that Mr. Fielding leave the chair, and that the chair be taken by Mr. R. Cobbett, which was arced to. Mr. CORBETT then moved the fifth resolution.—" That this meeting returns its thanks to Lord Stanhope, and Mr. John Fielden, for their exertions in Parliament in favour of the working people." Mr. ALEX. TAYLOR seconded the resolution with the great cet pleasure. The worthy Chairman was not only the repre sentative of the Radicals of their own district, but he was the r epresentative of the Iledicals of all England. He was one of those who had sprung from the working class, and he had stuck to the class from which he had sprung. He had not, like many others, gone off and left them. He was desirous that the working class should get the benefit of their labour, and through the strength of God they should get it. Ile trusted the meeting would respond to the resolution with hearty cheers. The resolution was put in form, and was carried unani mously, amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. WHITTLE then begged that the Meeting would give three groans for the three Death Kings, the Poor Law Com missioners, which was instantly complied with in awful groans. Mr. FIELDING returned thanks. When the Hon. Gentle man bad concluded his brief speech he prorogued the Meeting, and the people, who had stood in the heavy rain, males and males, dispersed as quietly and in as good order as if they sad come from church. GREAT PUBLIC MEETING IN WILTSHIRE. ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER AND PETITION ELECTION OF A DELEGATE FOR THE CONVENTION. On Saturday last a very numerous meeting of the inliab tants of Trowbridge, Holt, Bradford, and other villages and and towns, took place upon Trowle Common, a convenient spot of grount, situate midway between Trowbridge and Bradford. The bills convening this meeting announced that Mr. Henry Vincent would be present. The people of Trow bridge mid Bradford assembled in their respective towns, about two o'clock, in ]age numbers, which were considerably increased by a vast influx of persons from the surrounding villages. Mr. Vincent, in the company of Messrs. Hill, Roberts, and Philipps (of Bath), arrived at Trowbridge about two o'clock. The procession then formed, graced with innu merable flags and banners, bearing appropriate patriotic in scriptions. Before starting, and in the presence of the as sembled multitude, a young lady presented Mr. Vincent with a handsome green silk scarf, for, and on behalf of the single ladies of Trowbridge, amidst the acclamations of the multi tude ; arid a similar present was made to Mr. Carrier, of Trowbridge, by the married ladies. The procession then moved on, headed by Mr. Vincent and Mr. Carrier. On passing through the streets the procession was loudly cheered. On reaching the main road the procession extended about three quarters of a mile. On coming within sight of Trowle Common the Bradford, and other people, appeared on the bill with an immense procession, headed by citizen Sheelan, the representative of the Bath people, and the whole scene was truly imposing. The two bodies greeted each other with enthusiastic cheering. Upon taking up their position upon the ground there could not be less than thirty thousand persons present. W. P. ROBERTS, Esq., of Bath, was called to the chair, who opened the business of the meeting in a short and impres sive speech. Mr. SHEELAN, the Bath delegate, proposed the first resolu tion, expressive of the necessity of a sound Radical Reform of the House of Commons, and was loudly cheered. The reso lution was seconded by Mr. BARTLETT, and carried unani mously. The second resolution in favour of the People's Charter was moved by Mr. Ross and seconded by Mr. PHILIPPS, and sup ported by Mr. VINCENT, who in a speech of considerable energy and elo quence, depicted the present condition of the working classes, and set forth the necessity of Universal Suffrage, to give their people the potter of remedying those evils. We have no re port of Mr. Vincent's speech, and can only say, he was lis tened to with marked attention and most enthusiastically cheered ; the resolution was carried unanimously. The next resolution, approving of the National Petition, was proposed by Mr. CARRIER, seconded by a gentleman whose name we could not learn, and carried unanimously. Mr. VINCENT, at the request of the Committee, proposed citizen Carrier as the Delegate for Bradford and Trowbridge, in the Convention —the motion was seconded and carried with three times three cheers. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Vincent, amidst loud cheers; thanks were voted to the chair, and the meeting broke u p. The processions then re-formed , and pro ceeded each to its respective town. Mr. Vincent, on returning with the Trow bridge people was loudly cheered. On reaching Trowbridge, before the people dispersed, Mr. Vincent again addressed the people at some length and with much animation from the bal cony in Timbrell.street, and after a short address from Mr. Philipps, three cheers were given for "his most gracious Majesty, the Sovereign People," and the meeting partially separated. The remainder continued assembled until Mr. Vincent and his friends left the town, which was about nine o'clock, and loudly cheered them on their departure. The private advices from the United States by the St. James packet to the 2d inst. being only two Gay s later than t h os e previously received, do not communicate any par ticular change in the state of commercial affairs. The crops of c otton and sugar in Louisiana were said to be exceedingly heavy. Jamaica Papers to August 14, and Sydney Papers to 21st May, both inclusive, have arrived at Deacon's Coffee [-louse. We perceive by the announcement bills of the open in, of the Adelphi Theatre , that, in addition to a n umerous and' efficient stock company, Yates, has positively engagQd the services of the Bayadercs. The introduction of this singu larly inter sting g roup, en'erin g as it were from the sacred re esses of the temples of Bramah and Vishnu, to the boards of an E t) glisli stag., must excite not only the curiosAv of the wonder-seekrr, bat the attention of every active and inquisi tive mind. - A inelanchol, occurrence took place in Wadhurst, on Sunday last, when the widow of the late Mr. Thos. Bald saddler of that place, terminated her existence by jumping iowr , a well; immedi.lte a;sistanee was rendered by her neigh iiours, but life was extinct. The poor woman had been in a nervous state for some. tine past.—Sussex Asivess. RAILROADS IN IRELAND The following • extract from the Athenmum contains sound views on the important question, whether railroads, canals, and other great works of this description, for Ireland, should be undertaken by the Government, or left to individual enter prise. The latter mode, no doubt, possesses many advantages ; it is the system to which the English have been long aceus. tomed, and in general is most successful, but there are excep tions to a general rule. That such works in Ireland should be undertaken by the Government, we hold to be a manifest ex ception, and if Ministers do not., next session, take some effec tive steps to controul the management of these highways in England, the public will have reason to regret that the same exception did not also apply here, and that all the great lines of railroads had not been planned, executed, and regulated by the Government, under the sanction of the Legislature. The extract refers to the second Report of the Commissioners ef railroads for Ireland : It strikes us, that in these recommendations the Commis sioners have not expressed their whole thoughts and feelings, but have yielded to an apprehended outcry of innovation ; or raiser, perhaps, to an unwillingness to exceed the limits of their Commission. As we read the Report, we cannot un derstand it otherwise, than as indicating a desire that the railroads of Ireland should be undertaken by the Govern ment, and become a completely national work ; and this we conceive is the secret of the hostility which certain parties have manifested against the Commission—an hostility sufficiently bitter where it is not absurd, either by its transparent personal motives, or its awkward shirking of the matter really at issue. Whether or no such be the feeling of the reporters, we arc certain that their arguments are available to no less an extent ; and that from our whole experience of the Irish character, and of the manner in which it has shown itself in reference to the business of railroads, we are thoroughly satisfied, not only that a perfect system of railways will never arise out of the chaos of individual speculations, but that a few short and in significant lines will alone be effected. The basis of all specu lation on this subject has hitherto been the hope of drawing English capital to Ireland. We could ourselves name a pro posed line to which the landed proprietors yielded a clamorous approval. When pressed, however, for a rough survey, to lay before the London capitalists, they would not subscribe ten pounds for that necessary preliminary. They were desirous, indeed, of the advantages which a railroad would confer on their estates ; but it is needless to say that few estates mortgaged as Irish property generally is, could bear the ex pense of any considerable part of the undertaking. If the average profit of the line be but four per cent., a certain loss must attend the execution of those parts nearest the remote terminus, precisely where new communications are, in a national point of view, of the most urgent necessity. That loss the land could not bear ; and the remoter ca pitalist would not. If, therefore, the completion of a great system of railroads be an object of incalculable national concern, it is only as a public work that it can be effected. The propriety of such intervention does not rest upon the narrow grounds of political economy, the simple question of pecuniary loss or profit. A nation may wisely spend money upon other considerations than those which govern a private capitalist. Nations are not mere money-making machines ; but aggregates of sensitive beings, requiring happiness, and bound to morality. But if the ex penditure of public money in Ireland can be rendered avail able to the regeneration of the labouring classes, to the resto ration of the balance between demand and supply in the la bour market, and, consequently, to the re-establishment of peace and of industry, even as a pecuniary speculation it must ultimately prove profitable. We know not, indeed, bow the trading houses of Great Britain and Company can lay out its money to a greater advantage than by bringing its Irish re sources into full operation. Socially, morally, politically, and commercially, Ireland has long been little better than a mill stone round the public neck—an inevitable consequence of the uninterrupted ages of bad government. But this is beside the question. Ireland, no matter why, is a farm in the worst pos sible condition, out of heart, and unprofitable. In such cases, the wise proprietor applies his other resources in the work of amelioration ; he advances his capital on the prospect of re mote but certain returns." " Time does wonders, and the report before us will at least contribute to hurry on events, by the knowledge of details which it will disseminate. In adding the mite of our own convictions, we do our duty as journalists, and ease our hearts as men. We repeat, then, that the project of a grand com prehensive system of railways for Ireland, is a God-send to ,he cause of humanity, of peace, and of national prosperity." THE PROPOSED BALLOON ASCENT FROM VAUXHALL. Yesterday the Magistrates of Hall received the fol lowing letter on the subject of the intended ascent in aballoon from Vauxhall-gardens, of a tiger and its keeper : " Oxley Farm, near Hutshael, Essex, Sept. 22, 1838. " Gentlemen—You will, I hope, excuse me troubling you on a subject to which, no doubt, your attention has already been drawn, I mean the ascent of a balloon, on Thursday next, as stated by the papers of Saturday, with the intention of taking up a tiger and its keeper. Now, having had several balloons descend in the neighbourhood, and having been a sufferer, by having half a field of oats trodden to dung by the parties engaged, for which I was unable to obtain any remu neration, I do think that the Magistrates are called upon to prevent such a reckless exposure of life of persons who may be drawn to the spot at the descent, wherever it may happen. As to the aeronaut, and those engaged, they may risk their lives in such an excursion if they please, as they expect to be gainers by the scheme, but surely the lives of innocent per sons ought not to be placed in jeopardy by having a wild beast precipitated among them, for the purpose of putting money in the pockets of persons who care not at what cost they do it, as in the case of the late Mr. Cocking. 'rrus'ing that you will see that this most ridiculous, but highly dangerous exhibition, should not be tolerated in a place having the license of the Magistrates—l remain, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, " THOMAS GOODRICK." In reference to the above communication, Mr. Jeremy said that the parties engaged in carrying into effect such an exhi bition as that advertised rendered themselves amenable to an indictment. The proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens were en titled of course to have whatever exhibition they thought proper within their own grounds, but they were not justified in sending a man and a wild beast up in a balloon, which might descend in some place or under such circumstances as might be attended with the most serious consequences. If, for instance, anything happened to the keeper of the tiger in the course of this aerial voyage, there was no knowing what might occur on the descent of an infuriated animal among a crowd, who no doubt would be attracted to the spot where ever it might happen. The Nlagistrate added, that in the event of any person coming forward making their com plaint verbally, and producing for his satisfaction an adver tisement of the intended ascent, he should have no hesitation in granting summonses against the parties who set on foot such an exhibition. With respect to the allusion made by the writer of the letter of the injury he sustained by the destruc tion of his oats by the descent of a balloon on his grounds, he would have been justified in seizing the machine, or in the event of his not doing that, of bringing an action against the parties who trespassed upon his property, for, added the Ma gistrate, " I would be as much justified in driving a carriage into another man's field, as an aeronaut is in descending in his balloon in one." Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, said, that if the proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens were made acquainted with the Magis trate's objections to the intended ascent of the man and the tiger, he was convinced that they would abandon the design altogether. If, therefore, it was intimated to them that com plaints had been made at the office on the subject, there would be no necessity for issuing summonses against them. Mr. Jeremy said that he was not at all desirous of granting summonses against the proprietors, unless they persevered in carrying into effect so dangerous an exhibition. An Inspector of the L division, in which district the gar dens are situated, was directed to communicate the Magis trate's sentiments on the subject to the proprietors, so as not to render it necessary to have recourse to further proceedings to prevent the ascent which was intended. The Commissioners of the Woods and Forests have directed that the site of the late residence of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, in the Stable-yard, St. James's, be added for the present to the gardens of the Palace. A new lodge is in progress at the Stable-yard entrance of the Park; but it is Lot expected to be completed until the ensuing spring. According to accounts from Bordeaux, the vineyards are in a promising state, and it was expected that, if the wea ther should but continue fine there for another fortnight, the superior quality of the wine would in some degree compensate for the reduced quantity of produce. The reports from Or leans, on the other hand, show that the gathering will not be more than one-fourth of the average produce. We learn from all quarters that the harvest is less productive than was expected, and that, for want of old corn, none but new is at present brought into consumption. The fact is, to whatever point we turn observation, not only in France, but in the other markets of Europe, we are struck with the general scarcity and threatened dearness of price of this article. —Echo des Halles. After the prize fight at Corse Lawn, on Monday, the gang of thiev es accom p any i ng t h e com b atants passed over Corse-bridge, refusing to pay the toll; and after the fight they took possession of the Green Dragon inn by storm, placing one of the combatants in the best bad in the house. Tito thieves then went into every room in the house, turned out every cupboard, box, and drawer, which they broke open with out ceremony, and openly helped themselves to whatever they pleased; after this robbery they went to the Stow-bridge, where they acted in the same way. The cruelty of these ruffians exceeds belief, for, not content with pilfering what they chose, they wantonly broke and destroyed things they did rot find it convenient to steal.—Correspondent of the Worcester Journal. DRAYTON MANOR.—Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P., has quite recovered from his slight attack of gout. The Hon, Sydney Herbert, M. P., loft on Alon:lay last, and Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., left on the following day for his seat, Netherby, Cumberland. Sir Henry and Lady Emily liar dincre have taken their departure, as also rho Hon. Captain A' Court, M. P. On Tuesday last a splendid frinaln specimen of that rare bird, the peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus), was shot by Mr. Walter Roper, of this city, whilst in the act of stooping at some pigeons, and fell on the Duke's Palace bridge. An almost unprecedented occurrence for a bird of retired habits like the peregrine, and so rare in Norfolk, to li‘ve been kille 1 in the centre of a large city. It lies b, en preseryed by Mr. Johnson, animal and bird preserver, St. Giles's, and is aow in his possession.—Norwich Mercury. A PRECOCIOUS GENIUS " Lord Leicester's second son, the Hon. E. Coke, tvho has oily just attained his fourteenth birth-day, on Wednesday se'nnight, shot not less than twenty-four brace of partridges l" —Norwich Paper. How farly the powers or the mind Ate developed in boyhood at times 1 Some i❑ reasoning astonish mankind, Some in painting, and others in rhymes; Pope scribbled at twelve years of age, Sam Johnson, the giant, at ten, And Crichton—bard, hero, and sage— At twenty wns foremost of men ! Bright geniuses these; but, I ween, A greater, far greater than they, Is young Coke, who, tho' only fourteen, Bugg forty-eight birds in one day ! Oh wonderful youth, who seem'st born To rise like the monster-balloon 1 If thus brilliant thy life's early Morn, What may we not hope from is Noon !! DOVER.-MONDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) His Grace the Duke of Wellington paid us a visit on Satur day, and liming inspected the words at the South Pier with the chef E-:gittc , r, Mr. Walker, returned in the afternoon 10 Wa!mer Castle. The town continues very full of visitors, scarcely a lodging house vacant, and many engaged until the end of November. A regatta on Friday with fireworks in the evening, and a ball at Batel - .e . loi's, went off very satisfactorily. A great sensation was experienced here on Saturday , by the news of the death of Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart., at his scat at Broome, after a very short illness, at the advanced age td of 84 years. This excellent and highly respected Baronet, li! been for about fifty years a very active and zealous Commis sioner of Dover harbour. His tenantry have lost a kind, con siderate, liberal landlord, and East Kent has to regret parting with one of the few remaining perfect old English country gentlemen. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, who is at present on the Continent. ABUSE OF POWER. NEWPORT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. This town being in the centre of the island, the principal market is held in it, and the inhabitants cf Ryde, Cowes, and the other towns and villages, and the captains of the ships oft Cowes and Redo, often go to it to purchase butter, eggs, meat, and pcultry ; the resort of strangers to our market, indeed, ig the principal support of the town. The Tory Town. Council, in its infinite liberality, at its meeting on the 7th or August, issued the following decree:— " BUTTER AND VEGETABLE MARKET.—BTE- LAW Oa- DERED—That the ancient bye-law against purchasing by, and sales to, strangers in the market, on Saturday, before noon, be enforced ; and that inhabitants only be allowed to, purchase before that time. That a bell he rung, as formerly' at noon, as notice that strangers may purchase. All sales to, and purchases by, strangers previously to the ringing of the bell, to be void 1! !" Talk of the wisdom of our ancestors ! here is a pretty spe cimen of both the present and the past. Were these worth ls in St. S.ep:;en's, how the free-trade system would flourish 1 3 their hands 1 From such a set our Corn-laws came. Strargers must not sell us their corn, and strangers must not buy a joint of meat, a fowl, or a pound of butter, till after our Tory Town Councillors have selected all the best for their own tables ! COUNTY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. REGISTRATION. Mr. KINGLAKE opened the Court at the Town-hall, West- Cowes, at noon, on Friday. There were only two cases 01 any interest. Mr. James Drover, grocer, of High-street, West Cow"' His place of residence on the register stood, Upper Union place, where his family resided at the time of the claim, si ncc. which they had moved down to the shop. He had not let his house in Union-place—had furniture still in it—a letter ad dressed to him at Union-place would be sure to find him.' Struck off. SOMETHING NEW.—The Rev. Wm. Nourse. This gen tleman's was a very hard case. His place of residence was described as Upham Rectory, instead of Clapham Rectory; His original claim was produced by the overseer , and Isa_ found to be correct, the error having been committed by the overseer or the printer; yet the vote was struck off, the Bar: rister holding that "persons having their name on the registere should examine the lists published annually, to see if they ' ce r n correctly described." At this rate, persons not residing e the parish must he at the expense of purchasing a list of vors every year, to guard against the blunders of overseers,3Ltc•P oo and even then would only find cut the error w h e n it wag late to be corrected. What a beautiful law ! THE WORKING CLASSES• TO DR. ARTHUR WADE. PARIS, SEPT. 18, 1838.. „ MY DEAR SlR—The majority of our friends ha ve tho u g ht that an address from the Working Men of Paris to those or London might make an awkward diversion to a petition w hich is now circulating to obtain the Electoral Reform, viz. :--- That each of the National Guards should become an elector. When once this petition is covered with signatures, and ig brought before the Chamber of Deputies the inconvenience will have ceased ; and we can then express in a straight-for ard manner to your brave and honest associates all the irate" rest they inspire in the breasts of their brothers—the Nv°r kin4 men of France. Nevertheless, my dear Sir, you can boldly present Ow P e t e tion of the French National Guard as a proof of similar t h e _ ins and object of your associates to cause the rights of t . e . : English people to triumph. The National of the lit of 01 month will furnish you with a proof of this assertion. dertook, I regret, my dear Sir, that a mission which you on d and which you have fulfilled with so much zeal, has not us for the moment, all the results which you had a right to from it. It is but a slight delay imposed by the circumstance expo s and also by the utility of the cause which we both serve. Believe me, my dear Sir, with all assurance of a riv"; 4t dis tinguished consideration, M. MAILLF;FER• On Monday last Dr. Robertson r esented to then Institute some observations on the Resrlration and Deglutition of the Boa-Constrictors now exhiVAini in Paris. The s e ' e f - t he mous serpents swallow severa l , large live fowls, one ai te 'b e ar nother,r more, at the a he t meal. nrn at Duringcontinues tlt egrreepaat greatly , distended,w h i which lasts half an _ m unica t ion between the nostrils (through whicahnd,hael,lrte,c.Pcut';blye usually breathes) and the lungs is completely shut out ; ' s ' t he an admirable provision of nature, the creature protr".deluwer jaw, quite out of its mouth, to the extent of an orifice of its windpipe from between the branches of the nd at least three inches beyond its usual situation. The throat.° t he distended to its utmost stretch by the fowl or rabbit In to casophagus, the glottis is seen protruding betw een n it; branches of the lower jaw and the skin of inch, 'till': I f jcet in the act of being swallowed is of and the protrusion is greater in proportion Every half-minute, more or less, the orifice of the win of opened to nearly half an inch in diameter, and a gus h : f r esh like that from a small pair of bellows, issues out; ariu' sol i!) air being immediately afterwatds taken in, the glottis is c' en cl closed by the sphincter muscles till the next ex p i ra tic; 00 so on alternately. Dr. Robertson made some obser va r t d e r t o the coiling of these reptiles around their victims, in ° IOW° adapt them to " their swallow," which, however, :4' e lio arli's are not new, and therefore we omit them. — Messenger. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF PRESERVATIo''' it St Wednesday last, as the workmen were sinking the neeit'reraleir. a alar;_ibeer.tei; Newton, belonging to Messrs. Fernandes and Co., a t wo, dens stream of water from some old worka b urs t in uP A I and soon filled the shaft t o th e depth of ten yards. nam ed fortunately escaped, with the exception of ore individna given John Ramsden. This poor man was left in the p it, an serv ed• up for lost ; his life, however, was miraculously .la s r o e ay to a Finding escape at the shaft impossible, he made il l raised 0f rather elevated part of the pit, but not sufficientlY eel 0 keep off the water ; his life was dependent upon the .s i f tha t b the surrounding air, which had been forced to the po!'_, o f tr had chosen as a place of refuge, by the sudden rusheTtueab immense stream. At this point the condensed air, b ,InP or the i r . to expand itself, offered an effectual resistance to tn it ' aer tain' progress of the flood, and afforded a safe but nun° be 1 1 ; asylum to the incarcerated man. In this situtt l° lo ,..: l l P n a a u maincd from Wednesday morning at ten o'cln e 7,.. mr s. v f t two on Saturday, rather more than sixty-eigb. t t he ab a Saturday morning, on letting down a man :Ma. _, dor' it was found that the pit was nearly filled wit:o the bol a era were and so certain;~- was his death calculated, on, tha t . a in it B r s l given for his e,,ffirl, in order that he; might be placebo acts soon as he was brought out. itamsden, howe ver,. r, be 11: _ with caution. Aware of the danger from foul atti red fr r . , kept himself awake, the whole time, and never ve_r..o his retreat until he ascertained that the danger 7.'7_ fi r st 5; footsteps.l e - t i c a a m ri ., n t g ion 7,l7 t o r a e cl , t . ir G g odbe had almost forgot to state that several dinners and ? I _,, tre atea. of ale wore left in the place where Ramsden haa„rb`o is no: thanked, e God s b t se ( : ) c . ` 3 ,,, ' bott les which lie happily got hold of. We understand tio',_ his S t' fast recovering from the illness and depression vil'icP the den captivity had occasioned.-_ Wukefie/dJobr naL l Cot ip We are glad to learn from a c orrespoll' ja hness neighbourhood of Nottingham, that his Roy4 l vt, of t he Duke of Sussex has burn able to enjoy the 5 1: 1 ' , 7 ) r its in t. O fl,ld, as last Saturday he was down shooting ra ac i AbbeY',:a beautiful Park of Colonel Wildman, at Newste Vivian, company with Lord John Churchill, Sir HussttY eleve the n other vis:tors, where his Royal Highness shot frornabout twelve couple of rabbits, and appeared as eager diversion as any of the parte. —.Morning P a per.. oirs trect.P On Toursday Mr. - Leviek, of Welimg t se lf in 111 : was shot in the leg by a spring gun, placed by a ttesW t, art - ;011w, in order to catch any thieves that mg . , e o f sb? t cha t ', l ; to rob the premises; he rectAwd part of the so.ll` e 'et, but the wound.; are net ponsidered dangFrous.:,--.jan ed An ina T t• i c4t. was held yeoerdav in C l ,,'"_ s _ roan na t T an ., Oeorge's-in-the Fl4s3, on the body o f a u", „ o a ra.b tri.toyh ( d ) f i elr;r, osaic a c t e s cid. Dee ased heel fo w r a m l ri i n d been b- St Ot: 61,11 1Mtaller2 as a sugar-refiner, but of late hs i n the ea reduced owing to the Calling off in t he burines Lnilon, Verdict -- 4 ` Temporary Derangerne ;